Making sense of trust across cultural contexts

Organizational Trust: A Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-126

  Wright, Alex ^a   Ehnert, Ina ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84918538917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763106.005     Document Type: Chapter

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